can't go wrong with tracts

We provide tracts and booklets for witnessing.

Variorum of Classic Tracts and Pamphlets

"Pyramid of Capitalist System"


CHICK TRACT SATIRE

Create Seed-Starting Pots From Newspapers

Instead of buying expensive peat pots to plant your seeds in, make these spiffy planting pots by rolling recycled newspaper around a glass or jar. The finished pots are sturdy and will break down quickly once they've been planted in the soil.

some marbling history and information

coptic inspiration

^Coptic bound marbled Somerset.
45 Section Coptic binding 6.2 x 16 x 5 c.m

felted inspiration

& Felting Stones: A Free Tutorial

Ron Klein

Ron Klein

again and again and again and again
2009
Appropriated Objects
10'x8'x2'

Mineral Art from Slovenia

Quartz var. smoky, locality: Breznica pod Lubnikom, Slovenia

Marija Nabernik, smoky quartz, watercolor on art paper, 2009

beautiful jewels

Quartz Ring

pieces by, Adina Mills

more book inspiration

And so you want to be a fisherman...
By Susan Jaworski-Stranc
Newbury, Massachusetts: Apple Cider Press, 2000. Edition of 10.

Susan Jaworski-Stranc: "A family crisis was this book's genesis, which took place a few years ago between mother & son. The writing of the poem was a means of working out complex feelings and emotions surrounding a universal parental issue – letting go. The book form is a metaphor for the poem. Through the use of prickly metal edges, sharp hooks, the act of untangling the fish from the netting as well as the unfolding of fish assists the reader to relate to the milestone on an intuitive-cognizant level. This deeply felt experience was made concrete through the book arts to share with others."

Autumn Ahn- Gertrude's Hands: closed 1"x2"|open 2"x4"

Quercus
By Rebecca Goodale
Portland, Maine: Rebecca Goodale, 2009. One-of-a-Kind.

20.5 x 14 x 3" closed; 10.5 x 14 x 96" extended. Silkscreen printed oak leaves attached to a 13 cotton strings, which are in turn attached to the bottom and top of the maroon cloth-covered box in which the work is housed.

The Chestnut Oak (quercus prinus) is listed as endangered in Maine's official List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.

Lift the cotton loop attached to the lid's exterior and watch streams of leaves rise on 13 strings like flags on a ship's halyards. Quite obviously meant for display, the lid can be hung from the cotton loop so that the leaves flutter delicately in the wind. Fully extended this homage to the Chestnut Oak rises to 8 feet.

Beautiful books by Freya Diamond

Check out these Flag Books by Freya Diamond. I love the way she's incorporated the figures within the accordion, and how she's incorporated the use of the artists work. so so so good.


Emily Carr, A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2010. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure.


Georgia O'Keeffe
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2009. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Marbled paper exterior with ribbon closure.
Freya Diamond: "I've dressed Georgia in her own artwork."


Frida Kahlo
A Body of Work
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2003. Open edition, signed and numbered.
4.375 x 8.5"; six leaves. Opens to 20". Flag structure. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Paper title label.



Matisse Odalisques
By Freya Diamond
Sante Fe, New Mexico: Freya Diamond, 2007. Open edition.
4 x 5.75"; five leaves. Carousel structure with five openings, each three-layered. Illustrated paper-covered boards with ribbon closure. Diamond uses works like Odalisque with Magnolias and Odalisque sur fond rouge to form a theater in the round.
On the subject of odalisques Matisse with characteristic honesty said: "I do odalisques in order to do nudes."

!! Mr.Newton shot this sexy sexy photo. Reminds me of something a little different i dreamed up a long time ago, and still plan on creating. so good. so so good.

antique jacob's ladder

inspiration and reference for projects i've been working on.

Yves Klein

YVES KLEIN: The Blue Revolution

I'm so glad i got to see the Yves Klein exhibition when it was up at the Hirshhorn earlier this year. There is nothing so enticing as that IKB.

scholten and baijing, vegetables

recently the dutch designer duo scholten and baijings opened a retrospective at
vivid gallery in rotterdam. they called their exhibition 'from japanese furniture to vegetables'.

on collecting and art.

Documenting Accumulation and Its Discontents

Let 10,000 Young Artists Bloom

Maurizio Anzeri

Maurizio Anzeri - 'Penny' 2009 Embroidery on found photograph 24 x 13 cm you can read a lot about Anzeri's work and process here @ the Saatchi Gallery.

Diane Itter

Diane Itter-Fan With Symbols.

Diane Itter. Let the fringe flow—hang loose.

Heatwave-bradfordcox

JK Keller Fingerspelling Matchbooks (ASL)

Fingerspelling Matchbooks (ASL)

check out his website.

Lee Price

Strawberry Swirl
Oil on Linen, 36” x 58”

Cocoa Puffs
Oil on Linen, 44” x 62”

Snack

52" x 40" Oil on Linen 2009

More works can be viewed here: Lee Price.

Michael Pajon's American Standard Series

The collage above is a detail of "American Standard XXXVI: Jimmy's Adventures in the Inland Empire." you can read more about this piece and Michael here.

and please check out Michael's website: Michael Pajon

boop

fuck, i've been creating work revolving around this idea for awhile now.

Sébastien Preschoux,